It may be small beer to the champagne socialist party opposite, but it is a lot of money to those people who counted on it.
However, that is all small beer compared to the big issue of entitlement spending.
Therefore, there is a precedent in this regard although it may be small beer compared with the 80,000 cases that we are talking about.
I have to admit that it is all small beer, as they say.
Such businesses, which have been devastated by foot and mouth, would consider that pretty small beer.
This is very small beer, is it not?
Having £1.3 billion to run a worldwide set-up is small beer compared with the budgets of similar organisations.
Therefore, the deterrent effect of a fine—albeit an unlimited fine—would be small beer to a company.